Luisa Bradshaw-White
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Luisa Bradshaw-White (born 9 December 1975 in Eastcote, Middlesex) is a British actress, best known for her roles on British television.
She first became known for playing the role of Maria in the long-running BBC children's programme Grange Hill (1991-1994). She went on to play roles in several other notable television programmes including The Brittas Empire (1997); London's Burning; A Touch Of Frost (1997) and the ITV police drama The Bill (1995; 1996; 1997).
In 1996 she played the role of Kira in the popular BBC drama This Life. She played the role for two series (1996-1997) and will reprise the role in the one-off reunion show, due to air in December 2006. Film credits include Wondeful World (1998), The Escort, A Friendship in Vienna and playing Evita (the Hostess) in Mauvaise Passe (1999). Other notable television credits include roles in Big Bad World (1999); Bad Girls (1999) and Meaningfil Sex (2000). However Bradshaw-White is perhaps best known for playing nurse Lisa Fox in the successful BBC hospital drama Holby City (2001-2005).
Stage credits include Godspell (2001), Solitary Confinement, The Shagaround and playing Lady Anne in Richard III (1998).
In 1997 Bradshaw-White along with fellow This Life cast member Ramon Tikaram (who played Ferdy) were invited by the singer Elton John to appear in his music video for the song "Something About the Way you Look Tonight".
Bradshaw-White is converted to a Buddhist-like religious philosophy called Yungdrung Bon. She attends a temple in Bushey, and is also a spiritualist. She suffered from bulimia in her youth and was admitted to hospital when she was 18. She has also confessed to suffering with a drug addiction in her teens, which she attributes to "ways of trying to cope with life".[1] She currently lives in Hertfordshire.
